That's exactly how I feel about his style of movies.... he makes bad movies that a very entertaining to watch. He's also one of the main innovators of IMAX cameras as well, so while we can always point out the stupid and ridiculous things we see... they're always in the highest quality that can be done.... and I do like the fact he's got the mentality of 'if it can be done for real, then do it for real'. he uses CGI to compliment his vision (Strange comment to make about a movie containing numerous giant CGI Robots I know), rather than rely on it to make his vision reality

That's exactly how I feel about his style of movies.... he makes bad movies that a very entertaining to watch. He's also one of the main innovators of IMAX cameras as well, so while we can always point out the stupid and ridiculous things we see... they're always in the highest quality that can be done.... and I do like the fact he's got the mentality of 'if it can be done for real, then do it for real'. he uses CGI to compliment his vision (Strange comment to make about a movie containing numerous giant CGI Robots I know), rather than rely on it to make his vision reality

If I didn't know you were talking about Guy Richie (you are, aren't you?), that description sounds a lot like Peter Jackson from 25 years ago

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Wonder Woman is arguably the best DC movie so far in the new universe... Gal Gadot is superb as Diana, Pine is great as Steve Trevor and the rest of the cast is just as good.

I watched it last night. I agree about Gadot and Pine, Gadot is such a powerfull actress. However I didn't like the storyline, it felt like any other movie recipe, right down to the twist at the end (surprise the bad guy isn't who you thought it would be).

So, I watched Alien:Covenant yesterday. It is truly truly awful. Basically, it's the dodgy Predators film with Adrien Brody but with Aliens instead.The problem with it, is that it just invents a new bit of Alien mythology. Instead of facehuggers, they use

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. It's genuinely the dumbest thing I've seen in this franchise, and that includes the human/alien hybrid nonsense from Resurrection.Then, there is a bit in the middle when there is an extended section while

Not bad, however I found it slow at times. Reading reviews, a lot of people thought the same. It could have easily been 40' shorter.

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What did Wallace want Deckard and the child? He mentions that he wants the Replicas to conquer the universe, but he can't produce enough of them. Then when it is known that the Replicas can reproduce, he wants to take advantage of this???

The whole point as shown by the resistance is that if the Replicants reproduce by themselves then they will rise above the humans, superior in any way. They will not need Wallace to produce them anymore.

If he wants to kill them, then why does he take Deckard as a prisoner? Why not just kill him?

I loved the new Blade Runner and in my opinion before going to see it, it was not a film that needed to be made. The score was just fantastic and the cinematography was beautiful. I need to go and see it for a 2nd time I think but at an imax screen.

THE NEON DEMON---------------------Ideal if you like David Lynch type films and you have a thing for lesbian necrophilia. Seriously. Jenna Malone is awesome in this film and Keanu Reeves is surprisingly nasty. I watched this twice and will definitely watch it again...

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I liked it a lot, but man did they turn it into a comedy or what? It was quite a good movie otherwise

I did, Hemsworth and Hiddleston should team-up as "The Odd Couple". Sure they worked together like a comedy. Should have Hiddleston play Alex while Hemsworth do the Oscar part.

But in the end. It was a great movie. If only I could wished for is a crossover. Avengers and Star Wars together. Watching the credits roll and the 1st partial scene where the ship is getting pursued by the Grandmaster's brother The Collector. It enticed me just like the Darth Vader pursuing Princess Leia to retrieve the plans.

It would be fun if they found Naboo (From Star Wars: The Phantom Menace).

As far as movies go, I just watched Justice League. There will be a surprise going to the full ending after the credits. An extra scene will be shown. It doesn't matter what they say how crappy it is, I loved it.

I liked it a lot, but man did they turn it into a comedy or what? It was quite a good movie otherwise

I did, Hemsworth and Hiddleston should team-up as "The Odd Couple". Sure they worked together like a comedy. Should have Hiddleston play Alex while Hemsworth do the Oscar part.

But in the end. It was a great movie. If only I could wished for is a crossover. Avengers and Star Wars together. Watching the credits roll and the 1st partial scene where the ship is getting pursued by the Grandmaster's brother The Collector. It enticed me just like the Darth Vader pursuing Princess Leia to retrieve the plans.

It would be fun if they found Naboo (From Star Wars: The Phantom Menace).

As far as movies go, I just watched Justice League. There will be a surprise going to the full ending after the credits. An extra scene will be shown. It doesn't matter what they say how crappy it is, I loved it.

Justice league is the next one I'll go, thanks for the tip.

H&H were good, I agree. And as a movie Ragnarok was fine, a bit TOO much comedy maybe, but good overall. I didn't like the music though. For some reason that is what annoyed me the most. All previous Thor movies had a theme, this one was just whatever... Meh, small thing

Saw Starwars: The last Jedi last night and although there were some issues with it, I enjoyed it a lot.

My main gripe is simply the length of it (although that may have been because I'd had a couple of beers before and really needed the toilet after about 1.5 hours!). There were quite a lot on 'endings' where you'd think the film finished, but it carried on. I guess in a way it's good that didn't leave the film on a massive cliff hanger and went with the current trend of splitting the story up into as many films as possible for the extra money.

There was a lot more light heartedness than there has been in the past, some of which was quite funny or cute etc, but some of it did get annoying the longer it went on, but none of it was as bad as Jar Jar! That was balanced though by quite a few dark moments in the film and I think they found an ok mix of the 2.

Without going into spoilers, it's overall a decent film and I'd recommend it to everyone.

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Saw Starwars: The last Jedi last night and although there were some issues with it, I enjoyed it a lot.

My main gripe is simply the length of it (although that may have been because I'd had a couple of beers before and really needed the toilet after about 1.5 hours!). There were quite a lot on 'endings' where you'd think the film finished, but it carried on. I guess in a way it's good that didn't leave the film on a massive cliff hanger and went with the current trend of splitting the story up into as many films as possible for the extra money.

There was a lot more light heartedness than there has been in the past, some of which was quite funny or cute etc, but some of it did get annoying the longer it went on, but none of it was as bad as Jar Jar! That was balanced though by quite a few dark moments in the film and I think they found an ok mix of the 2.

Without going into spoilers, it's overall a decent film and I'd recommend it to everyone.

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I don't think the length was too much, especially I didn't find too many endings. For that, there's only one movie that comes to mind; the return of the King!

Light heartedness was ok, all original Star Wars had a comical side. It was a good mix as you mentioned.

This morning I was reading there are petitions from fans to RE-SHOOT the whole thing, as they didn't like

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Luke passing away!!!

Which I find unbelievable.

One thing I was wondering is:

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How will they make Leia die now? They will either CGI her or something?

My biggest gripe with this film (and the previous one) is this:

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Kylo Ren's powers. He can kill Snoke but get beaten by a little girl with no fighting experience? It is not making much sense, his powers seem to be fantastic one moment then average the next... He doesn't seem to be the powerhouse that Darth Vader was.

Also, I'd expect Luke to fight in this one. Just a bit. Meeeh, it was good either way!

Saw Starwars: The last Jedi last night and although there were some issues with it, I enjoyed it a lot.

My main gripe is simply the length of it (although that may have been because I'd had a couple of beers before and really needed the toilet after about 1.5 hours!). There were quite a lot on 'endings' where you'd think the film finished, but it carried on. I guess in a way it's good that didn't leave the film on a massive cliff hanger and went with the current trend of splitting the story up into as many films as possible for the extra money.

There was a lot more light heartedness than there has been in the past, some of which was quite funny or cute etc, but some of it did get annoying the longer it went on, but none of it was as bad as Jar Jar! That was balanced though by quite a few dark moments in the film and I think they found an ok mix of the 2.

Without going into spoilers, it's overall a decent film and I'd recommend it to everyone.

Ok, now I have watched it and I can comment on the following:

I don't think the length was too much, especially I didn't find too many endings. For that, there's only one movie that comes to mind; the return of the King!

Light heartedness was ok, all original Star Wars had a comical side. It was a good mix as you mentioned.

This morning I was reading there are petitions from fans to RE-SHOOT the whole thing, as they didn't like

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Luke passing away!!!

Which I find unbelievable.

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That is unbelievable! I think killing off Snoke and Luke were massive positives in the film. Almost like Obi Wan dying in A New Hope. I much preferred this to Han dying in The Force Awakens. I was a bit upset with as I liked the character a lot and he seemed to die for no reason from how Kylo acted in this film, it didn't stop Kylo's doubts about the dark side so looking back it was almost a meaningless death.

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How will they make Leia die now? They will either CGI her or something?

thought this too, but obviously it's not something they could have foreseen. I've heard that it has been announced that Leia will not be in the next film, but I can't see how they can keep her out of it considering how this one ended. But if they do go with CGI, Disney did do a good job with their CGI work in Rouge One, so I'm fairly optimistic that it will be good if they go down that route.[/spoiler]

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My biggest gripe with this film (and the previous one) is this:

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Kylo Ren's powers. He can kill Snoke but get beaten by a little girl with no fighting experience? It is not making much sense, his powers seem to be fantastic one moment then average the next... He doesn't seem to be the powerhouse that Darth Vader was.

Also, I'd expect Luke to fight in this one. Just a bit. Meeeh, it was good either way!

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I don't agree with this. The way I see it is that Rey is just naturally very strong with the force which is why she is able to compete with Kylo. The other thing I've always thought is that Vader never really seemed that powerful to me! It may just be because the originals are such old films, but he seemed less powerful than when he was Anakin. Maybe because he learnt to surprise the anger he had as Anakin, maybe because he has less of his own body parts for the force to flow through!?

Kylo as we see him now has Anakin's anger, which Vader never did, but that's also a reason why Rey can match him, with his uncontrolled anger, she can focus her powers more. I also thought that he was able to kill Snoke partly because of Snoke's own flaw in his arogance thinking that he could control Kylo completely when he couldn't.

As for Luke not fighting, I liked how they did that. It showed how Luke has matured over the years between the original trilogy and this one and was a lot more 'Jedi' than just having a light sabre fight!

Almost forgot, one of the funniest parts of the film......

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Right at the start with Poe trying to put the General on hold!

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I don't agree with this. The way I see it is that Rey is just naturally very strong with the force which is why she is able to compete with Kylo. The other thing I've always thought is that Vader never really seemed that powerful to me! It may just be because the originals are such old films, but he seemed less powerful than when he was Anakin. Maybe because he learnt to surprise the anger he had as Anakin, maybe because he has less of his own body parts for the force to flow through!?

Kylo as we see him now has Anakin's anger, which Vader never did, but that's also a reason why Rey can match him, with his uncontrolled anger, she can focus her powers more. I also thought that he was able to kill Snoke partly because of Snoke's own flaw in his arogance thinking that he could control Kylo completely when he couldn't.

As for Luke not fighting, I liked how they did that. It showed how Luke has matured over the years between the original trilogy and this one and was a lot more 'Jedi' than just having a light sabre fight!

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Rey is strong, but we've seen how long it took the other Jedi's to train. It took Luke a while, being trained by none other than Obi and even Yoda himself... She may be the biggest natural talent ever the way they portray her if she can pick up a light saber and beat someone who's Vader's equal...

I disagree about Vader, he was as strong as ever. Maybe not as impulsive as the young Anakin was, maybe more in control, but he was as strong if we go by what that one scene from Rogue One showed us. Kylo managed to get beaten by a girl that didn't know how a light saber looked like and an ex soldier that had no "force" powers and was a sanitation worker...

I also found it weird that she turned Kylo good only for Kylo to be turned back to evil within a blink. Unless he used her to kill Snoke, it was his plan the whole time or something. This actually makes sense the more I think about it.

Luke fighting I wasn't really bothered about, but we saw an old Yoda fighting so being an old Jedi doesn't mean that they can't fight at all. I did like what he did however, he passed the mantle, made sure the resistance got away and then his job was done, he passed away.

Fair enough, valid points. We'll have to agree to disagree on this one! Something that makes a good film and story is the fact that it can be interpreted or seen in different ways and can be discussed about afterwards. So I think that it has succeeded there.

On a note regarding Alien's post, I've honestly never understood the love for Empire! It has so many good points to it, but as far back as I can remember I've never liked the ending! I can't explain it and I know that the ending is what most fans site as what makes it a good film, but for me, it's what spoils what was a good film.

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Fair enough, valid points. We'll have to agree to disagree on this one! Something that makes a good film and story is the fact that it can be interpreted or seen in different ways and can be discussed about afterwards. So I think that it has succeeded there.

On a note regarding Alien's post, I've honestly never understood the love for Empire! It has so many good points to it, but as far back as I can remember I've never liked the ending! I can't explain it and I know that the ending is what most fans site as what makes it a good film, but for me, it's what spoils what was a good film.

I agree. My SW rating was always 4, 6, 5.

Then probably 7, 8, R-1, 3, 1, 2.

This was always down to individual aspects that I liked in the films. For example I liked the scene of how Anakin becomes Vader, so episode 3 is higher than the other two from that trilogy.

I'm pretty mixed about it. Also, 6pm showing and they start the movie at 18:35. bull****. Start at 10 past or quarter past, 30 mins of extra adverts and crap is mugging us off.

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Negatives:The film was too long.The entire Casino planet thing felt janky as a plot device and I found it boring and overall annoying. I know cutting this would reduce Finn to a pretty minor role, but this was not good.Rose - not a fan of her as a character. Her saving Finn at the end is a great message, but frankly seemed like she was all but dooming the rebels barring the Luke ex Machina at the end. One soldier dying to keep the rebels arrive would have been a fair trade in my opinion.Hux was overly hammy at the start but not in the good way. McDairmid was hammy but nailed it.Leia using the force to save herself... I didn't like it.No really cool space battles imo. These are the bits I like most in Star Wars (Death Stars in 4/6 and the opening scene in 3 were all cool space battles)The green screening of Luke and Rey on the Jedi Rock of Power Balcony thing was god awful in one of the wide shots. Fine otherwise, but bad in one specific shot.Lacked that moment where John Williams just nails some big orchestral dramatic piece of music.

The biggest flaw - too many comedy beats. Too many by a HUGE margin. I like a little levity, but far, far too many comedy beats in the script. I actually think this is increasingly a problem with modern movies. Like some exec heard a focus group say some movie needed more gags and now they stuff it into everything. If they remade Schindler's List they'd probably have Amon Goeth cracking wise or the like. It's a real pet peeve of mine.

Positives:I liked the killing of Snoke. I actually thought that the mirroring of Kylo and his blade and the legacy saber was well done.Luke's finale was reasonably well done. His reversion to the last Luke that Kylo saw rather than older and more rough Luke didn't tip me off, but his igniting of the blue saber made me realise something was amiss.I really think Andy Serkis absolutely nailed the voice acting for Snoke. Couldn't critique why exactly, but I think Serkis's VA was probably the best acting in the movie.Killing off more and more of the legacy characters, 2 of the 3 core OT cast, Akbar etc is a good move in my book. Speaking purely from the cold logic of wanting to make a movie - Carrie Fisher passed away. Harrison Ford is in his 70s. Hamill is in his mid-60s. Ignoring the human element and the fact they are all real people with friends and family etc, I'd want to end their arcs before time catches up with them.

Misc:A huge deal was made of Gwen Christie as being big, shiny Captain Phasma as if this was a character who actually meant anything to the plot. I cared so little about the fate of her character that her bits just washed over me. Basically, I cared as much as I do about nameless, faceless background storm trooper #72.It's a bit odd to have fuel as a significant plot point when this has never been any kind of issue before. I admit, it's never been said it's not an issue but seemed a little out of the blue. The whole idea of the rebel fleet just slightly outrunning the baddies just felt like a crappy device to give Finn a subplot.

As for the order of preference in the movies for me... I'll probably lose any credibility I have with many of you with this.

6, 4, 3, 7, 8*, 5, 1, 2 and I haven't seen Rouge 1. Saw the Clone Wars movie but I've forgotten most of that.Movies I quite like:I like ANH and RotJ's space battles. I liked 3's space battle opener and thought it had some cool looking light saber fights. (thought is also has the big NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO). 7 had that beautiful shot of the X-wings skimming over the lake. Those 4 films, I'd watch again quite happily.

Movies I'd watch if I was on a Star Wars binge:Asterisk for 8 because I've only just seen it and it's hard to place a movie immediately. It needs time to settle. ESB... I must admit I've never got why this film is (seemingly) widely considered the best Star Wars movie. I don't get why it's considered a great movie in the pantheon of all movies. I never cared for Hoth and the events there. I didn't like Yoda in ESB. Han in carbonite never did much for me. Luke vs Vader isn't the flashy style that I prefer in the sequels. The twist is so well ingrained in popular culture that it wasn't a twist for me. It lacked a big X-wing sequence which, as I said, is the bit I like. Now, I don't think it's a bad movie, I just think it is okay at best and a bit of a miss for my sensibilities.

Movies I'd skip through or just skip:1 and 2... both bad movies in my book. Never got the need to explain the force. This isn't hard sci-fi, this is fantasy in spaceships. Some crappy dialogue. A lot of crappy dialogue. The 9 hour long podracing sequence. Jar Jar doesn't bother me as much most people. 1 ahead because Darth Maul is bad donkey and the lightsaber fight at the end was cool and had a totally bad donkey score (iirc, been a while).

Edit after re-reading some other comments:I didn't think Star Wars 8 had too many endings at all. I didn't get that feel whatsoever.I also might have overestimated how much people like ESB

I'm glad I watched it before reading some of the film critics reviews of it cause I thought it was done really well and I really enjoyed it.

For those who haven't seen or heard about it, it's basically a cop-buddy film set in a gritty modern LA but in a fantasy setting with orcs, elves, faries etc. I think they managed to pull it off really well, nice enough story and even though they had a lot of fantasy creatures and main characters, they never really shouted about it, I just kind of accepted it as I watched.

Maybe if you don't like fantasy genre already it's not for you (and to be fair, film critics generally don't and usually slag off anything fantasy related as a rule), but every friend of mine who has seen it has loved it!

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I'm glad I watched it before reading some of the film critics reviews of it cause I thought it was done really well and I really enjoyed it.

For those who haven't seen or heard about it, it's basically a cop-buddy film set in a gritty modern LA but in a fantasy setting with orcs, elves, faries etc. I think they managed to pull it off really well, nice enough story and even though they had a lot of fantasy creatures and main characters, they never really shouted about it, I just kind of accepted it as I watched.

Maybe if you don't like fantasy genre already it's not for you (and to be fair, film critics generally don't and usually slag off anything fantasy related as a rule), but every friend of mine who has seen it has loved it!

Yeah, it was ok. Not much, but ok fun to watch.

Didn't know what to expect, but it wasn't such a surprise either. It reminded me a lot of other Hollywood movies that events take place over one night like "assault on precinct 13" or "16 blocks" or something.

I'm glad I watched it before reading some of the film critics reviews of it cause I thought it was done really well and I really enjoyed it.

For those who haven't seen or heard about it, it's basically a cop-buddy film set in a gritty modern LA but in a fantasy setting with orcs, elves, faries etc. I think they managed to pull it off really well, nice enough story and even though they had a lot of fantasy creatures and main characters, they never really shouted about it, I just kind of accepted it as I watched.

Maybe if you don't like fantasy genre already it's not for you (and to be fair, film critics generally don't and usually slag off anything fantasy related as a rule), but every friend of mine who has seen it has loved it!

Yeah, it was ok. Not much, but ok fun to watch.

Didn't know what to expect, but it wasn't such a surprise either. It reminded me a lot of other Hollywood movies that events take place over one night like "assault on precinct 13" or "16 blocks" or something.

It was ok, same here didnt know what to expect but it didnt have any surprising elements to it.... Agreed it also reminded me of assault on precinct 13... coulda been more interesting if they showed how LA got to that position they were in with more detail leading to its current state in the film

Thought it was very well done. Stayed true to the characters origins and how important wakanda is to the black panther.

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All Fight scenes showing off all the different wakanden tech was cool. The new version of the black panther armor with the nano tech in the necklace was a nice touch. Even with the suit on, It didnt feel like black panther was invincible.

When on missions it was a family affair with his ex and sister helping him. The female warriors were fierce and displayed incredible skill in every situation. You truly felt the pride they have for the king and their country.

I liked this quote from the extended clip after the credits. "Wise men build bridges and fools build walls/barriers"

Maybe I'm just a contrary Mary in my old age, but I really think Thor and Thor 2 were better movies. Far, far too many comedy beats. Potentially the best moment was kindly ruined by marvel in the f**king trailer. I mostly liked the plot but this felt like they wanted to make this more into Guardians of the Galaxy. Rehashed some plot points that have been done.

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Negatives:This movie tried to be too funny. Now, I admit, it made a lot of money and a lot of people liked this more than the others. There is a bit where the baddie is giving an evil speech and it has 2 or 3 jokes in it which was especially annoying. I liked the humour in Thor and Thor 2 but this was a step too far. Banner jumping from the ship to fight Fenris was so obviously gonna be him landing as Banner because of how much humour they had packed in.Yet another Loki betrays Thor but redemption story. I like Loki but finish his ark and kill him off don't just flip him from goodie to baddie. Or maybe that's the writers idea of mischief.I really feel like Marvel shot their load on Hulk by having him in the trailer. Absolutely no tension going into the bit where Hulk appears because of it. I get why they do it, I expect that does translate to bums in seats but it ruined a pretty cool moment. Not unlike Spiderman in Civil War, but actually worse in this case. Karl Urban was so blatantly not going to stay bad the whole way it made that whole character feel pointless to me.

Positives:Tom Hiddlestone really is incredible. He has a line midway through the film that he just absolutely nailed so spectacularly well.I liked a lot of the mythological bits.Hulk was handled well.It was an enjoyable adventure nonetheless."Point Break" was a great little nugget. It called back to something, it was funny and it made sense in context of Tony being who he is. Humour was used right here. I'm not against the humour entirely.

So, kinda surprised by all the talk of it being the best marvel movie. I'd give that honour to either Guardians of the Galaxy or Winter Solider depending on my mood when you ask me.

Also caught up on:Spiderman Homecoming - Overall, liked this quite a lot. Not sure if I prefer it to Amazing Spiderman though.

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liked it a lot. Twist with MJ was horrendously obvious. The car scene was especially good. Michael Keaton especially great. Still not clear why the Stark side were being a dick to Spidey and ignoring him and whatnot. Right level of humour vs serious plot elements. Some great one liners.

Xmen Apocalypse - Not as good as Days of Future Past or X2 but I'd watch this over First Class, Xmen or Xmen 3.

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Sansa Stark was clearly cast purely for her name as she can't act (not as bad as Emilia Clarke at least). Otherwise, quite enjoyed the movie. I get that Xmen kinda needs Prof X and Magneto, and that Jean Grey, Cyclops, Beast and Storm are some of the most well known and loved characters but they should switch it up a bit more. One of the better things in First Class was that it didn't just rehash all the favourites from the 2000s Xmen movies. That said, I could imagine I'd complain if they didn't, so damned if you do, damned if you don't perhaps applies.

Guardians 2 - Just okay. A bit too funny would be my criticism. Lacked something, though I'm not sure what. Not a patch on the excellent first movie. Just much less memorable and fun than Guardians was.

Maybe I'm just a contrary Mary in my old age, but I really think Thor and Thor 2 were better movies. Far, far too many comedy beats. ...I mostly liked the plot but this felt like they wanted to make this more into Guardians of the Galaxy. Rehashed some plot points that have been done.

Guardians 2 - Just okay. A bit too funny would be my criticism. Lacked something, though I'm not sure what. Not a patch on the excellent first movie. Just much less memorable and fun than Guardians was.

Agree on both counts. The humour in Ragnarok wasn't bad or poorly executed - just too much of it, shoe-horned into scenes that didn't need it.

GotG 2 I actually got a bit bored with - too much going on. When you have a strong set of characters with a good dynamic (which they did) it's best to keep the plot simple and focus on the dialogue and the dynamics.

Maybe I'm just a contrary Mary in my old age, but I really think Thor and Thor 2 were better movies. Far, far too many comedy beats. ...I mostly liked the plot but this felt like they wanted to make this more into Guardians of the Galaxy. Rehashed some plot points that have been done.

Guardians 2 - Just okay. A bit too funny would be my criticism. Lacked something, though I'm not sure what. Not a patch on the excellent first movie. Just much less memorable and fun than Guardians was.

Agree on both counts. The humour in Ragnarok wasn't bad or poorly executed - just too much of it, shoe-horned into scenes that didn't need it.

GotG 2 I actually got a bit bored with - too much going on. When you have a strong set of characters with a good dynamic (which they did) it's best to keep the plot simple and focus on the dialogue and the dynamics.

That's it, I think you nailed it. I couldn't figure out what annoyed me with this film, but I think you got it right there. It should have been a great film, what with Star-Lord finding out about his father and all, but it just did not work out.

Maybe I'm just a contrary Mary in my old age, but I really think Thor and Thor 2 were better movies. Far, far too many comedy beats. Potentially the best moment was kindly ruined by marvel in the f**king trailer. I mostly liked the plot but this felt like they wanted to make this more into Guardians of the Galaxy. Rehashed some plot points that have been done.

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Negatives:This movie tried to be too funny. Now, I admit, it made a lot of money and a lot of people liked this more than the others. There is a bit where the baddie is giving an evil speech and it has 2 or 3 jokes in it which was especially annoying. I liked the humour in Thor and Thor 2 but this was a step too far. Banner jumping from the ship to fight Fenris was so obviously gonna be him landing as Banner because of how much humour they had packed in.Yet another Loki betrays Thor but redemption story. I like Loki but finish his ark and kill him off don't just flip him from goodie to baddie. Or maybe that's the writers idea of mischief.I really feel like Marvel shot their load on Hulk by having him in the trailer. Absolutely no tension going into the bit where Hulk appears because of it. I get why they do it, I expect that does translate to bums in seats but it ruined a pretty cool moment. Not unlike Spiderman in Civil War, but actually worse in this case. Karl Urban was so blatantly not going to stay bad the whole way it made that whole character feel pointless to me.

Positives:Tom Hiddlestone really is incredible. He has a line midway through the film that he just absolutely nailed so spectacularly well.I liked a lot of the mythological bits.Hulk was handled well.It was an enjoyable adventure nonetheless."Point Break" was a great little nugget. It called back to something, it was funny and it made sense in context of Tony being who he is. Humour was used right here. I'm not against the humour entirely.

So, kinda surprised by all the talk of it being the best marvel movie. I'd give that honour to either Guardians of the Galaxy or Winter Solider depending on my mood when you ask me.

Also caught up on:Spiderman Homecoming - Overall, liked this quite a lot. Not sure if I prefer it to Amazing Spiderman though.

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liked it a lot. Twist with MJ was horrendously obvious. The car scene was especially good. Michael Keaton especially great. Still not clear why the Stark side were being a dick to Spidey and ignoring him and whatnot. Right level of humour vs serious plot elements. Some great one liners.

Xmen Apocalypse - Not as good as Days of Future Past or X2 but I'd watch this over First Class, Xmen or Xmen 3.

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Sansa Stark was clearly cast purely for her name as she can't act (not as bad as Emilia Clarke at least). Otherwise, quite enjoyed the movie. I get that Xmen kinda needs Prof X and Magneto, and that Jean Grey, Cyclops, Beast and Storm are some of the most well known and loved characters but they should switch it up a bit more. One of the better things in First Class was that it didn't just rehash all the favourites from the 2000s Xmen movies. That said, I could imagine I'd complain if they didn't, so damned if you do, damned if you don't perhaps applies.

Guardians 2 - Just okay. A bit too funny would be my criticism. Lacked something, though I'm not sure what. Not a patch on the excellent first movie. Just much less memorable and fun than Guardians was.

It was fun, well executed, however for all the hype of Thanos 'finally' being a good villain in the MCU, I think that was far from the case.

His motivation and logic for wanting to wipe out half the universe sounded like something picked up off of some obscure reddit thread, and while his attachment to Gamora means it is unfair to describe him as one dimensional, he was ultimately simplistic. He was well acted, and while obvious CGI was obvious CGI - the MCU movies are more animated movies these days than live action - so it's not as though it stands out. The CGI model did convey a lot of personality and that's ultimately what's important.

The ending, however, ultimately means that the MCU is now essentially American Doctor Who. There is going to be a massive reset, as there is no way that Marvel/Disney are going to kill off all of their most successful franchises (particularly ones with sequels confirmed) in a single instance, outside of their own movies, with no emotional impact due to the large scale. Black Panther, Spiderman, Doctor Strange all gone, as well as all of the Guardians of the Galaxy except Rocket - having said that it's virtually certain that the deaths from the first scene are permanent and given the fact that the movie had three instances of a character being put in the position where they have to kill the person they love the most to save the Universe (note, that includes Thanos as he believes he is saving the Universe by killing half of it) - two of those characters had their actions voided - so it's almost certain that Thanos will end up using the time stone to prevent himself from killing Gamora- I also strongly suspect that Vision will become a voice in Thanos's head, as they made a big point about saying how Vision had integrated with the mind stone, so there's a big chance that there is a ghost or echo of Vision's soul left within it.

I agree with your views, but I have to say, seeing Thanos at the end, sitting and enjoying the sunset, maybe he realises what he has done and undo it. Though with his glove broken, I don't know if he can.

Knowing there's a new Spiderman movie coming next year, I suspect that they will resurrect them somehow. Maybe that little gadget thing that Nick Fury had at the end.

What got me thinking is why didn't Dr. Strange use the time stone to basically do whatever he did to Dormammu, close Thanos in a time loop that would drive him crazy and retreat. They've done it before, so I don't see why he couldn't do it again.